The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Maja Serman, Erlangen, DE;

Marko Lugger, Weilersbach, DE;

Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi, Erlangen, DE;

Assignee:

Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/70 (2013.01); H04R 25/453 (2013.01); H04R 25/50 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method operates a hearing instrument that is worn in or at the ear of a user. The method includes capturing a sound signal from an environment of the hearing instrument; analyzing the captured sound signal to recognize own-voice intervals, in which the user speaks, and foreign-voice intervals, in which at least one different speaker speaks; and determining, from the recognized own-voice intervals and foreign-voice intervals, at least one turn-taking feature. From the at least one turn-taking feature a measure of the sound perception by the user is derived. Predefined action for improving the sound perception is taken if the measure or the at least one turn-taking feature fulfill a predefined criterion.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…